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Suspect in therapist's killing also charged in hospital assault

Healthcare Security Weekly, February 25, 2008

The man who is accused of murdering a Manhattan therapist was in court days before the attack when he faced charges of assaulting a hospital security guard, reported the New York Sun.

Ten days before the murder, David Tarloff was in a Queens courtroom facing charges that stemmed from his February 1 visit to St. John's Episcopal Hospital, where his mother was a patient, the Sun reported. His appearance at the hospital was against visitation rules and when a security officer intervened, Tarloff got violent, court documents indicated. There was a scuffle and the security officer suffered a bruised head and strained back, the newspaper reported.

Tarloff was arrested and appeared in court February 2, when Judge Barry Kron released him, the newspaper said. According to a court transcript, the judge was sympathetic and told Tarloff, "anybody who has ever been in a hospital dealing with the personnel there can appreciate the frustration one deals with."

The prosecutor did not ask for bail and Tarloff was released. He is now accused in the murder of a therapist and the attempted murder of a psychiatrist who tried to come to her aid.

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